Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
Apple says that when you use a keyboard for another language, you can use Dictation in that language as well.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“When you use a keyboard for another language, you can use Dictation in that language as well.”
Dictate text on iPhone, Apple Inc., Apple Support, iPhone User Guide, n.d., Dictate text on iPhone, paragraph after the commands list.
Open the original- What it measures
- Apple's guide links from this sentence to its page on adding or changing keyboards, which is where a second language is set up on iPhone.
- What it does not show
- Apple's sentence links language support to the keyboard. It does not say how many languages a given iPhone can dictate in.
Source
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